Improvement in skirts



UNITED STAT-Es` CHARLES wf rErncE, JE., 0E BRISTOL, PENNSYLVANIA. f

f PATENT GEEICE.

*IMPROVEMENT INl SKIRTS,

' Specification forming part ouf Letters Patent No. l 12,625, datedMarch 14, 1871.

"To all wiz/om it may concerns; 1

` Be it known that I, CHARLES W. PEIROE., Jr., of Bristol, in the countyof Bucks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful,Improvements in Skirts; and I do hereby declare the following to be aclear and ex- `act description of the same, sufficient to enable othersskilled in the art torwhich my invention appertains to fully understandand use the same, reference being had` to the4 accompanying drawings,making part of this specification, `in whichs `Figure 1 is. a front viewof a skirt partly turned up `at its lower edges and illustrating l `mycomplete invention. Fig. "2 is a repre- `sentation thereof beforecompletion.r Fig. 3 j is a section of thelower edge thereof, in line :v

1x, Fig. 1

`Similar letters of reference indicate corres spending parts in thethree figures.

"It is well known that the bottom or lower `edge of skirts is bound withsome suitable material in ordertoprotect it from the great wear `towhich it is subjected, aswell as to give a `nice appearance and finishto the skirt. This binding is expensive, and requires time and care tosew it on the skirt. I obviate these objections by my invention, whichconsists in `printing on the bottomedge of the skirt a sufflciently widestrip of such color as to resemble the binding which would be employed,then folding, turning up, or looping theedge so as 4 to leavea portionof the printed strip on the outside and aportion on the inside, and then`stitching or sewing the edge to the adjacent part of the skirt, so thatthere is presented j the appearance of binding both in color and thedouble or looped edge, which latter serves l `to protect the bottomof`the skirt in lieu of `lloinding. n l.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a and should be of such width asthat a fraction thereof-say one-half-will be about equal to the width ofbinding when sewed onto thebotl tom of skirts. :I nowfold or turn up thebottom of the skirt so that a portion of `printed stripes will remain onthe outside and the other portion be on the inside, then stitch or sewthe edge. to the adjacent or contiguous part of the skirt, so that theseam or stitching will extend just within the edges of the sides of theprinted stripe, and finally turn off .the1^ l original edge of theskirt, which nowfexists on the` inside beyond the stitching.

s It will be seen that the lowermost edge, C, of the skirt as nowproduced is double, and

appears to be bound. The double edge protects the bottom of the skirtsoas to dispense' binding, while the printed stripe, as located,

r serves to make said double edge present the appearance of having beenbound.

The stripe may be printed byanv welll-known process on the skirt, eitherbefore orafter it is made up, and if the latter is ornamented,

as at D, these ornalnentations and the stripe .B may be produced at thesame time. The

stripe B may be made in variegated or plain colors. as most desirable.

It will be seen that Iv produce a simple and practical mode of finishingskirts, and dispense with the usual binding heretofore employed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto-secure by Letters Patent, is-, 4 l

As a new article of manufacture, askirt having its lower edge printed inimitation of a binding, said printed portion being partially turned inand stitched to the inner face ofthe skirt so as to form a doubled edge,substantially as described.

'Ihe abovesigned by me this 30th day of November, 1870.

CHARLES W. PEIRCE, JR. Witnesses:

A. SWAIN, J. V. BUCKMAN.

